緻 means “fine, meticulous, dense”

ち · chi

Also: fine (i.e. not coarse)

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
こまかい
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
チ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes

The story

Thread (糸) worked until it reaches (致) perfection: stitches so close the cloth looks solid. 緻密 is meticulous, as in a 緻密な計画, a plan worked out to the last detail, and 精緻 is exquisitely fine.

Used in 緻密 (chimitsu, meticulous/dense) and 精緻 (seichi, exquisite/elaborate)

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